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Charlton 3 Yeovil 2: Bartlett strike ends Yeovil dream

JUST before half-time in this spirited Cup tie, one small man, Kevin Gall, transcended the 90 minutes. He was given the ball 50 yards out. He had no other thought but to run deep into the heart of the red defensive wall. He was tackled twice, he stayed on his feet and he conjured up a goal for Paul Terry, a man who had been part of the Charlton Athletic youth academy until he was told to go elsewhere to find a football career.

Paul Terry maybe earns £900 per week for doing the same thing at a lesser level than his famous brother John, who gets closer to £90,000 per week at Chelsea. Strange world, isn’t it? But then the FA Cup is often all about rebalancing for an afternoon the lost fortunes, the weird diversions that overtake football professionals. Yesterday, for example, there was Phil Jevons in green